He was a total abstainer and a non-smoker, had no recreations except a daily hour in the gymnasium, and had taken a vow of celibacy, believing marriage and the care of a family to be incompatible with a twenty-four-hour-a-day devotion to duty.

• 他不抽烟，不喝酒，除去每天健身房里锻炼一小时，再没有别的娱乐活动。 他发誓洁身不娶，觉得结婚养家有悖于全天候献身职责的需要。